Значение
значений: 7(Австралия, Канада, Ирландия, Британия, разговорное)A semi-detached house.
(Австралия, Канада, Новая Зеландия, США)A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
(разговорное)A semifinal.
(сленг)A partial erection of the penis.
(сленг)A semiautomatic firearm.
(сленг)Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
(разговорное)An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.
Примеры
предложений: 57They sat in a semi-circle.
Они сели полукругом.
Both of his parents are semi-illiterate.
Родители у него оба полуграмотные.
Driving a semi is a lonely job.
Diego saw a semi-truck entering the gas station.
He lives in a house built in a semi foreign style.
Переводы
языков: 3Происхождение
The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
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Формы
мн. число: semisСинонимы
синонимов: 7- a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle:semitrailer
- one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament:semifinal
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together:trailer trucktractor trailertrucking rigrigarticulated lorry